Geeks of Cascadia

GenCon the biggest nerdiest table-top games convention in the WORLD turns 50! We talk to Jake Theis with Gen Con and guess what we talk about? Duh! Find out what goes on behind the scenes at GenCon. After that we talk to Evan Louscher with Games & Gizmos and David Stansel-Garner with Verne & Wells. Also we have some con news and more nonsensical nerdy banter.

GoC Episode 5.5 – Lynne Hardy and her journey to RPG Game development by Geeks of Cascadia

In this episode a tale of two cons! We interview Mike Fehlauer with Penny Arcade and PAX then we talk to Patrick Day the Director of the Evergreen Table Top Expo and part owner of Uncle Games. Plus of course con news!

Chris Pramas, of Green Ronin Publishing talks about how he landed the big win with George R.R. Martin to allow him to publish the Song of Fire and Ice RPG (Game of Thrones RPG) and his journey into game development. Plus a funny story about having breakfast with George R.R. Martin and a mysterious lady who offers a muffin up to the famous author.

These .5 episodes are actually reruns of old Orcacon pod podcast episodes that never really was shared because we didn’t have an RSS feed at the time we made them, but some of the episodes were SO FREAKING AWESOME we had to play them under our new format so that EVERYONE would hear them. This is one of those episodes.

Nick Sibicky, creator of King’s Forge, chats with GoC about how he got into game development and his successful game, King’s Forge, plus he lets us in on what's coming next. Later we introduce our new segment, Geeks Tabletop Game Review where we check out a new game called Unfair designed by Joel Finch. Let's roll some dice!

GoC Episode 3.5 – Geek Chic tribute episode. We’re sorry you went out of business :( by Geeks of Cascadia

CAR WARS!!! Traveling Car Wars Tournament showman Greg Pratt gives you a sneak peek into the Dragonflight Car Wars Tournament. Later we talk to David Gerrard creator of Junking and By Order of the Queen. Find out how David became a game developer and what his next project is.

Car Wars Tournament!

So tell me what happens with you cross Game of Thrones with Car Wars? You get explosive awesomeness coupled with family backstabbing, BFF betrayals, and some dude who understood a little too late that physics can suck when a wall gets in the way of your car.

So just for background this episode was played about seven months ago and basically we followed the OrcaCon Car Wars tournament in January by interviewing the players before and during the tournament and especially when they died.

These .5 episodes are actually reruns of old Orcacon pod podcast episodes that never really was shared because we didn’t have an RSS feed at the time we made them, but some of the episodes were SO FREAKING AWESOME we had to play them under our new format so that EVERYONE would hear them. This is one of those episodes.

In this episode we feature Wolfgang Baur with Kobold Press and Alex Jerabek with Cherry Picked Games. Wolfgang gives you a look at what's coming out of Kobold Press plus learn what happened when Wolfgang broke it to his mom and dad that he was leaving grad school to pursue RPG writing. Plus the latest industry and convention news. Later Alex shoots the breeze with your GoC crew and lets us in on the latest with Cherry Picked Games and that being a game developer is not all sunshine and roses. Of course some industry news, like what up with Geek Chic, and the latest with Convention news. If you love RPGs and you're an aspiring game developer you won’t want to miss this episode! A huge thanks to Around the Table in Lynnwood and Games & Gizmos and Verne & Wells in Kirkland for letting us hang out at your pad to podcast.

In this .5 episode we bring back an interview we did with Alex Jerabek last year. Alex talks about how he got into game development and started Cherry Picked Games.

This is part of our .5 series where we repost OrcaCon Pod Podcast interviews that we did before GoC because we failed to create an RSS feed. in our orginal podcasts you could only access our podcast via soundcloud, you couldn't even subscribe. Now that we have a larger audience to market we decided to repost some of our gems.